The Mitherless Lammie |
Carolina Oliphant, (Lady Nairne), 1766-1845
The mitherless lammie ne'er missed its ain mammie, We tentit it kindly by nicht and by day; The bairnies made game o't, it had a blythe hame o't, Its food was the gowan, wi dew drops o' May.
2. Without tie or fetter, it cou'dna' been better,
3. Oh, what then befell it, 'twere waeful to tell it,
4. We miss'd at day dawnin', we miss'd at night fa'in; |